Song Qiao still looked at him silently, with a somewhat helpless expression on her face that was hard to ignore.

Lu Jingchen saw her like this, sighed helplessly, then moved his chair next to hers, reached out and embraced her effortlessly, placing her on his lap. He gently pinched her chin to make her look at him and said tenderly, "I’ve only ever liked one person from beginning to end; I’ve never liked any other woman. My heart is only so big, just enough to hold you. Where would there be room for another woman?"

He paused before continuing, "Moreover... Tan Shuya isn’t as beautiful as you, doesn’t have your grace, isn’t as gentle and understanding, nor as compatible with me... Why would I like her?"

Hearing Lu Jingchen’s words, Song Qiao felt a lot better and hugged his neck tightly, saying, "I’m sorry, I was just afraid of losing you."

Lu Jingchen naturally understood her feelings. He had once feared that Song Qiao would fall for Chu Munan or Ji Sifan, which made him very upset and worried for a while.

He immediately hugged her close and said, "Qiaoqiao, I know our separation over the past five years made you anxious and doubtful, but you just need to trust me, okay?"

Song Qiao nodded gloomily but then seemed to remember something. She sat up straight, looked at Lu Jingchen, bit her lip, and asked, "Then... can you tell me... what really happened back then that led to Tan Shuya losing her ability to have children while saving you?"

This issue had always bothered her, lingering in her heart. She wanted to know what had happened but didn’t know how to ask, so she never brought it up.

Besides, infertility is a severe blow to a woman...

The joy of pregnancy and the feeling of motherhood—she can never experience that.

Most importantly, what family, what man doesn’t care about having children?

Because of this, Tan Shuya might find it challenging to find someone she can depend on for life...

Lu Jingchen was slightly taken aback by Song Qiao’s question, his expression stiffening for a few seconds.

He then sighed, touched Song Qiao’s face, and asked, "Are you sure you want to know?"

Song Qiao nodded.

Lu Jingchen was silent for about half a minute before speaking slowly, "At that time, I suddenly received news about you, so I left my work immediately to find you, not expecting to encounter hostile people on the way..."

For several minutes, Lu Jingchen recounted the past events to Song Qiao without holding anything back.

Only after listening did Song Qiao realize it all started because of her.

The events unfolded as Lu Jingchen was intercepted by several cars on the highway. His car nearly crashed multiple times, and just when his car was about to be destroyed, Tan Shuya intervened with her car to block those vehicles, saving his life. However, as a result, her car was hit hard by one of those cars, causing an immediate accident. Although Lu Jingchen’s car hit a guardrail out of distraction, he wasn’t severely injured. Fortunately, the police arrived quickly, and those people fled, preventing a second attempt on him.

Tan Shuya suffered severe injuries and was taken to the hospital where the doctors issued two critical illness notices. Her life was saved, but her leg was nearly ruined, and her uterus was removed.

Fortunately, Tan Shuya’s leg recovered after rescue efforts, but her uterus was permanently lost.

Lu Jingchen always felt grateful to Tan Shuya for saving his life but couldn’t give her a rightful status despite everything else.

He only loves Song Qiao, especially after she gave him a son and daughter; no one but her can hold the place beside him.

After hearing Lu Jingchen’s words, Song Qiao was deeply shaken, her gaze fixed on the man before her. She thought for a moment and still spoke, "I’m sorry, if I hadn’t left back then, you wouldn’t have encountered such trouble while looking for me, and Tan Shuya wouldn’t have lost her chance to have children..."

Lu Jingchen hugged her tightly and said, "It’s okay, it’s all in the past now. We’ll do everything we can to compensate Tan Shuya from now on..."

Song Qiao nodded.

Lu Jingchen then became serious, saying to Song Qiao, "And you, never leave me again, and don’t overthink. If you have doubts about me, ask me, okay?"

Song Qiao, "..." He’s making it sound like she often doubted him.

But it seems that since she came back, she indeed suspected him several times.

The most severe case was when she wanted to divorce Lu Jingchen.

Thinking about it, a hint of embarrassment crossed her face, and she muttered softly, "It’s only because your trustworthiness rate wasn’t high with me?" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"So you still often doubt me?"

"Not anymore, really."

"That’s more like it." Lu Jingchen pinched her nose, a gentle smile finally appearing on his handsome face.

Song Qiao quickly dodged and then asked Lu Jingchen, "You still haven’t told me why you asked Assistant Xue to check Tan Shuya’s communication records?"

Lu Jingchen’s smile disappeared instantly. He was silent for a while, but instead of answering, he asked back, "Did you ask Nan Moyan who ordered your kidnapping?"

Song Qiao was stunned, then decisively shook her head, "No, I was there just to reunite with him, didn’t think to ask that... What’s wrong? Do you have a suspect?"

When she went to find Nan Moyan, her only thought was reunification; she completely forgot to ask this question.

Even now, she thinks that even if she had asked, she wouldn’t necessarily know the answer.

After all, her brother had accepted money from the other party, and besides, Nan Moyan didn’t know they were siblings at the time.

Lu Jingchen hesitated but then honestly shared with Song Qiao his suspicions and doubts, "I suspect that the mastermind might be Tan Shuya; she might have approached your brother to kidnap you."

—The main text is almost finished, and the ending will be this month. Then there’ll be extras. I’m not sure who I’ll write about first, give me an opinion if you have one on whom you’d like to read about first. Also, there’ll be three updates tonight.